Dilfer has little praise for the Packers

macbob
Veteran Member Topic Starter

13 years ago

Dilfer has little praise for the Packers.

Inability to close games is a concern

ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer offered a blunt and unflattering take on the Green Bay Packers this week on "Countdown Daily."

His comment reinforces a story making the same point in Wednesday's editions of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

If coffee is for closers, the Packers don't even deserve tea.

Their fourth-quarter performances in five games this season have been worse than ineffective.

"A lot can be made of the Green Bay Packers injuries," Dilfer said. "But there were some disturbing trends with the Packers far before all these players started getting injured that tells me we shouldn't be drinking this Kool-Aid on them.

"I look at teams and how they play in the most critical moments of the football game," Dilfer said. "You can tell a lot about a team by how they play in the fourth quarter. When I look at the Green Bay Packers in the fourth quarter, it is awful. In 18 offensive possessions, one touchdown. They have four turnovers. They have 15 penalties for 132 yards. This is a team that is talking about going to the Super Bowl? They are going to have a hard time winning more games than they lose if they don't fix these situations.

"This speaks to a team's poise, a team's presence," Dilfer said. "You can't be a good football team and choke in the biggest moments in ball games."

Yes, Dilfer did say "choke."

"JournalSentinelOnline" wrote:

Thing that surprised me most was that we were this bad in the 4th quarter. Then when I looked at the box scores, it turned out Dilfer had his stats wrong. We've scored 2 TDs in the 4th quarter (against Chi and Buf). Still, we've been outscored 39-14 in the 4th (and if you include the OT period, 42-14). We blew leads at Wash & Chi, and almost blew leads to Phi and Det. We'd be 5-0 minus those 4th quarter collapses.

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PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

13 years ago

I agree there are problems, but Dilfer needs to read what is written for him.

Injuries started week 1, how did he see this trend prior to that?

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Timmons
Registered

13 years ago

Call it what you want. Dilfer is right. Injuries are part of the NFL. You have 53 players for a reason. Make it work.

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macbob
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13 years ago

I'm not buying an injury argument. We've been winning every game through 3 quarters of play, even when losing guys like Finley in the 1st quarter.

It looks to be something deeper than that--coaches getting conservative with offensive/defensive calls when leading in the 4th??? 'Young' players who are struggling closing out an opponent???

For whatever reason, we're allowing teams to whoop us in the 4th--outscored 39-14 through 5 games IS horrible.

Finley88Beast
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13 years ago

I hate dilfer he's a bad analyst.

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DakotaT
Select Member

13 years ago

What Dilfer lacks is credibility because he was a lousy quarterback, but what he does have is a super bowl ring.

nerdmann
Premier Member

13 years ago

Don't have much praise for them myself.

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DarkaneRules
Veteran Member

13 years ago

The drops vs the Redskins happened at the WORST possible times. I am blaming them. I also have little praise for Mr. Crosby for not making that kick. I don't care how far out it was.

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go.pack.go.
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13 years ago

The drops vs the Redskins happened at the WORST possible times. I am blaming them. I also have little praise for Mr. Crosby for not making that kick. I don't care how far out it was.

"DarkaneRules" wrote:

That kick was weird...it was going right down the middle and then it took a hard turn to the left.

Let's not start with the Crosby bashing.

Also I don't think McCarthy has been conservative. If anything he's been the opposite. We have turnovers because we were throwing the ball. Rodgers has thrown a couple deep balls when we had the lead. The one that comes to mind is when he threw it up to Jennings and it got intercepted.

porky88
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13 years ago

#10

I hate dilfer he's a bad analyst.

"Finley88Beast" wrote:

Personally, his analysis of the Packers is spot on. I think Dilfer is one of the better guys ESPN has.

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